Through dance, theatre or slam, young artist Siman Wenethem shares his values of the Kanak native customs. In his everyday life in the capital city of Noumea, he shows to young people that a reappropriation of their culture is possible in New Caledonia. But since his father’s cancer started, the young artist is pondering a difficult decision. He’s destined to inherit the heavy burden of his father responsibility as a traditional chief on the island of Lifou. Will he agree to leave his friends and his artistic passions in Noumea to become, in his turn, the “little chief” of his tribe?
Through the singular path of this young Kanak, the film explores how art, and especially how hip hop dance, can create a new form of dialogue and expression between Caledonian youth and their traditional culture.
Genre: Art & Culture, Dance, Documentary
Director: Eric Michel
Producers: French Connection Films, Latitude 21 Pacific, France Televisions
Year: 2017
Length: 52 minutes
Languages: English, French
Partners: The French Film Board (CNC), M-MEDIA, Government & South Province of New Caledonia, Urban Evolutions, Les Argonautes Theater Company & ADCK
Broadcasters: France O, Nouvelle-Calédonie 1ère, Cinefeel (M-MEDIA)
Festivals:
FIFA Tahiti 2017
English
Français